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Useful Journals for Reading about Biblical Archaeology
The significance of several of these articles can be seen by reading my book Yahweh's Song. GENERAL Yamauchi, Edwin M. "Documents from Old Testament Times: A Survey of Recent Discoveries." Westminster Theological Journal 41 (1978): 1-32. This is a valuable conservative study that everyone should read. It is written at a masters or doctoral level. EGYPT Copisarow, Maurice. "The Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Hebrew Concept of the Red Sea." Vetus Testamentum 12 (1962): 1-13. This is a mainstream but valuable study. For its significance, see Yahweh's Song. Eyre, C. J. "Crime and Adultery in Ancient Egypt." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 70 (1984): 92-105. This is a useful study of how adultery was evaluated in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians recognized that adultery was not acceptable behavior. Fontaine, Carole R. "A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited." Biblical Archaeologist 44.3 (1981): 155-160. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. Gardiner, Alan H. "The Ancient Military Road between Egypt and Palestine." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 6 (1920): 99-116. This article describes the fortresses that were built during the New Kingdom along the coastal road into Palestine. These were important for the Egyptian Empire which controlled the coastal city states of Canaan down to 1200 BC. Johnson, W. Raymond. "Amenhotep III and Amarna: Some New Considerations." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 82 (1996): 65-82. The Amarna period was important because of the Amarna letters. By an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, they were written a generation after Joshua's conquest. They describe Hebrew attacks against Jerusalem and other city states in Palestine. The relationship between the Hebrews of the Amarna letters and the Israelites has been a topic of endless debate. Kitchen, K. A. "Some Egyptian Background to the Old Testament." Tyndale Bulletin 5-6 (1960): 4-18. This is a conservative study written at a masters level. Millard, A. R. "Israelite and Aramean History in the Light of Inscriptions." Tyndale Bulletin 41.2 (1990): 261-275. This is a conservative study written at a masters or doctoral level. Petrovich, Douglas. "Amenhotep II and the Historicity of the Exodus-Pharaoh." Masters Seminary Journal 17 (2006): 81-110. This is a conservative study that is well worth reading. It is written at a masters or doctoral level. Säve-Söderbergh, T. "The Hyksos Rule in Egypt." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 37 (1951): 53-71. The Hyksos were important because they were Canaanite kings ruling in Egypt during Israel's Egyptian sojourn. When they were driven from Egypt by the first 18th Dynasty Egyptian rulers, Israel's persecution began. Several, Michael W. "Reconsidering the Egyptian Empire in Palestine during the Amarna Period." Palestine Exploration Quarterly 104/105 (1972/73): 123-133. This is an interesting mainstream study written at a masters or doctoral level. It presents one of several interpretations of the Egyptian Empire. While Several would disagree, an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology would date part of the empire in the first half of Israel's period of the Judges. See the discussion in Yahweh's Song. Spalinger, Anthony. "A Critical Analysis of the 'Annals' of Thutmose III (Stücke V-VI)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 19 (1977): 41-54. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. It is useful because by an 18th Dynasty chronology, Thutmose III was the Pharaoh of Israel's oppression. Spalinger, Anthony. "The Northern Wars of Seti I: An Integrative Study." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 16 (1979): 29-47. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. By an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, Seti I's campaign happened during Israel's period of the Judges. Wainwright, G. A. "Meneptah's Aid to the Hittites." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 46 (1960): 24-28. Merneptah send food aid to the Hittites during a terrible famine. That famine is important because of when it happened. By an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, it struck the whole eastern Mediterranean basin during Israel's period of the Judges. It contributed to the movement of the Sea People into Palestine. Wainwright, G. A. "Some Sea-Peoples." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 47 (1961): 71-90. The Sea People were important to Biblical history. They invaded Palestine in 1200 BC, and they turned the Philistines into the dominant power that threatened Sampson and David. By an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, they invaded the region half way through Israel's period of the Judges. By a 19th Dynasty exodus chronology, they invaded the region at about the same time that Israel appeared in the highlands. Wainwright, G. A. "The Meshwesh." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 48 (1962): 89-99. The Meshwesh were one of the Sea People tribes. They merged with the other Sea People tribes and became the Philistines. Weinstein, James M. "Egyptian Relations with Palestine in the Middle Kingdom." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 217 (1975): 1-16. This is a mainstream study that presents one view of Egypt's relationship with Palestine during the Middle Bronze Age. By an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, that would be during Israel's patriarchal age. So this article might shed some light on the patriarchs' relationships with Egypt. Of course, Weinstein would not accept that application of his article. Yurco, Frank J. "Merenptah's Canaanite Campaign." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 23 (1986): 189-215. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. It is important because Merenptah was the first person to mention Israel's name (or at least the first universally agreed time). MESOPOTAMIA Williams, Ronald J. "Notes on Some Akkadian Wisdom Texts." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5 (1951): 1-7. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. THE LEVANT (ISRAEL, SYRIA, LEBANON, JORDAN) Ackroyd, Peter R. "Archaeology, Politics and Religion: the Persian Period." The Iliff Review 38 (1981): 5-23. This is a useful study of Israel in the Persian period. It is written at a masters level. Barnett, R. D. "The Siege of Lachish." Israel Exploration Journal. 8 (1958): 161-164. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters level. Craigie, Peter C. "Ugarit, Canaan, and Israel." Tyndale Bulletin 34 (1983): 145-169. This is a generally conservative and useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. Lapp, Paul W. "The Conquest of Palestine in the Light of Archaeology." Concordia Theological Monthly 38 (1967): 283-300. This is a reasonably conservative summary of the debate about Israel's origin as of 1967. It is written at a masters level. It does presuppose a 19th Dynasty exodus chronology which may be problematic. Katzenstein, J. Jacob. "Gaza in the Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom." Journal of the American Oriental Society 102 (1982): 111-113. Katzenstein is a mainstream Jewish scholar whose books and articles are normally well worth reading. While Katzenstein would not accept an 18th Dynasty exodus chronology, his article is useful if put in that light. It suggests how references to Gaza should be understood in the Judges. See the discussion in Yahweh's Song. Margalit, Baruch. "Why King Mesha of Moab Sacrificed His Oldest Son." Biblical Archaeology Review 12.6 (1986): 62-63. This is a mainstream but useful note written at a masters or doctoral level. Na'aman, Nadav. "Sennacherib's 'Letter to God' on his Campaign to Judah." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 214 (1974): 25-39. This is a mainstream but useful article written at a masters or doctoral level. Shea, William H. "Nebuchadnezzar's Chronicle and the Date of the Destruction of Lachish III." Palestine Exploration Quarterly 110/111 (1978/79): 113-116. This is a conservative study written at a masters or doctoral level. Yadin, Yigael. "Beer-sheba: The High Place Destroyed by King Josiah." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 222 (1976): 5-17. This is a mainstream but useful study written at a masters or doctoral level. Yadin, Yigael. "Hazor and the Battle of Joshua - Is Joshua 11 Wrong?" Biblical Archaeology Review 2.1 (1976): 3-4, 44. This is a mainstream study. It is useful to illustrate how a 19th Dynasty exodus chronology often leads to a rejection of details of the Biblical account in favor of conclusions drawn from the archaeological evidence. If a 19th Dynasty model is assumed, it is hard to find a credible way to fit Deborah's battle into the archaeological evidence from Hazor. For a discussion of these issues, see Yahweh's Song. |
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